About two days ago I was looking at myself in the mirror at my 3/4 profile and I was thinking "maybe my jaw looks cool. It's kind of different. Maybe I don't have to be able to chew well. I'm pretty much okay now. It's annoying, but maybe it's okay..." Then I recognized what I was doing and how crazy those thoughts were hahah. It was a weird moment.
I got my jaw band today and just tried it on. I look ridiculous and not as happy as the girls in the advertisements hahaha. Ugh this is gonna be fun.
I also got some liquid food for after the surgery. It's in a cluster in the kitchen and I was looking at it and it's just all so real. It's crunch time after all of this waiting. I can't believe it... My countdown says 4 days. I remember when it was 148 and being so excited when it went into the double digits. And now it says 4.
It feels funny to write *deep breaths* but that's what I'm doing.
do you have pics? I think i have a 5-6 mm gap too. i'm not sure whether it will be upper/lower jaw. what insurance company do you have?
ReplyDeleteyeah it's in a tab at the top and I have BCBS
ReplyDeleteBest of luck in surgery Sam.
ReplyDeleteYou're far more prepared than many of us going into surgery, I for one did not test my jaw band before hand haha.
And deep breaths for sure, with a lefort 1 breathing potentially can be an issue just make sure you have your humidifier, nasal sprays, and hydrogen peroxide q tips ready!
Thanks Gordon!!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog!! it's actually helped me a lot!
I'm feeling much better than the first few days. And thank god for q tips and hydrogen peroxide- so essential!